Tool for driving combined stoppers and pouring-nozzles into bottles



(No Model.) I

E. H. ALLING.

TOOLFOR DRIVING COMBINED STOPPERS AND POURING NOZZLBS INTO BOTTLES.

No. 439,618. Patented Nov. 4, 1890.

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EDWARD I'I. ALLING, OF ROGERS PARK, ILLINOIS.

TOOL FOR DRIVING COMBINED STOPPERS AND POURING-NOZZLES INTO BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,618, dated November 4, 1890.

Application filed May 26, 1890, Serial No.- 353,128. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD H. ALLING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rogers Park, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tools for Driving Combined Stoppers and Pouring-Nozzles into Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a tool or device for driving the combined stopper and pouring-nozzle (shown and described in my pending application, Serial No. 344,104, filed March 17, 1890) into bottles without danger of breaking the bottle, and so that the upper flange or collar on the pouring-tube may be driven down within the mouth of the bottle flush with the upper edge of the bottle-neck, and thus tightly seal the bottle by compressing an annulus of cork between said collar on the pouring-nozzle and the wall of the bottle-neck.

To this end my invention consists in a driving-tool of an annular or hollow form, the hollow or cavity of which may receive the pouring-nozzle and the annular face of which may fit against the upper or driving shoulder of the pouring-nozzle. The annular tool is provided with an elastic or soft cushion or ring of rubber to impinge against the bottle-neck and prevent the breaking of the bottle as the combined cork and pouring-nozzle is driven home.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure l is a side elevation of a device embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view of the same, showing also the construction of the combined cork and pouring-nozzle. Fig. 8 is an end view of the tool.

In the drawings, A represents a bottle; B, the pouring-tube b, its driving collar orfiange, which fits against the upper end of the cork O, and b the lower or retaining flange. The upper end of the pouring-tube Bis furnished with screw-threads b and a cap F, having screw-threads f and a gasket or packing f.

D is the driving-tool, made of a hollow or tubular form, so that the upper or projecting end of the pouring-tube B may fit in the hollow or cavity 17 of the tool during the driving operation, and thus receive no injury. The annular face 61 of the driving-tool fits against the driving-collar l) of the pouring-tube B, and is made slightly smaller in its larger or external diameter than the interior diameter of the bottle-neck a, so that this driving face or edge of the tool D may fit within the bottle-neck, and thus not strike or injure the same. The position of the driving-tool during the driving operation is guided by the upper or projecting portion of the nozzle B, which fits withinthe annular orhollow drivingtool. The annular driving-tool is thus always centered concentric with the bottle-neck so that the annular face of the tool cannot come into contact with the glass and break the same. The annular driving-tool is provided at its lower end with a shoulder d to receive an annular external cushion d, of rubber or other soft or elastic material, to impinge against the upper edge of the bottle-neck to prevent injury to the bottle, and at the same time serve as a stop to limit the extent to which the cork and nozzle may be driven into the bottle. By means of this elastic shoulder surrounding the face of the driving-tool I am enabled to drive my combined cork and pouring-nozzle into the bottle with certainty, so that the collar or flange b on the pouringtube will just fit flush with the upper face or edge of the bottle-neck and make a smooth neat finish. The elastic or rubber ring or shoulder 61' should preferably project slightly below the lower edge or face of the drivingtool, as indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, as the cushion will suifer some compression. This cushion or ring cl, I prefer to make of rubber, though it may be made of any other suitable material. As the cork and pouringtnbe are driven into the bottle, a thin annulus or shaving of cork will be cut from the corner of the cork O as the cork is compressed between the edge of the shoulder or flange b and the wall of the bottle-neck.

I claim 1. The tool or device for driving combined corks and pouring-nozzles into bottles, con-' sisting in a tool having an annular drivingface adapted to fit against the driving-shoulder of the pouring-tube and within the bot tle-neck and to receive through or in its opening or cavity the upper or projecting end of the tool within the bottle-neck, substantially as specified.

EDXVARD H. ALLING.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. ANDREW, EDGAR S. FOOTE. 

